vintage tools for making

i’ve been falling in love with vintage tools lately-the beauty of the form, the craftsmanship of the object itself…just looking at them, one gets a sense of the care, the love of the object that it was used to create. granted, these tools are mostly textile related, but i’m biased in that regard ; )

1. made from wood, mud, linen, string, paint, 2030-1802 BC, this percussion instrument called a paddle doll is modeled after a woman and consists of a flat piece of wood depicting the torso, rudimentary arms and neck, with “hair” made of beads strung on linen thread…here.

2. parts of a vintage African Ashanti Loom for Kente cloth. Kente is an ashanti ceremonial cloth that is hand woven on a horizontal treadle loom and the stripes are sewn together into larger pieces. kente cloth’s dates back to the 17th century and is a visual representation of african history, ethics, oral literature, philosophy, morality and religious beliefs…here.

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This blog is written/curated by Lorraine Glessner, mixed media artist, workshop instructor and former Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.

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